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The riddim is a bouncy typical dancehall riddim but
what makes the riddim special are the wicked, icepick-sharp synthesizer beats
that raise the tempo of the riddim to a new level of lyricism each time they
chip in. This is the factor that brings out the best in the artistes.
The brilliant Vybz Kartel leads out this riddim with
a throwback flow from the early 2000s. He deejays: 'yu hot eh/no if no but no
maybe/dem flop eh/dem a bitch, yu a lady'. It shows why Kartel is dancehall
music's Picasso, who is just really better than everyone else. His black sense
of humor is incredible and is on show when he deejays: "her lifestyle
cripple like Christopher Reeve".
Flexx is a solid deejay with a nice turn of phrase
and he delivers the goods when he combines with the Billboard-charting Ms Ting
on ‘Gimme Wah Mi Want’. The air is charged with sexual chemistry when Flexx
and Ms Ting begin their sexy interplay, using delicious metaphors and racy
imagery that would make even a ghetto barmaid blush.
Beenie Man is at his hit-making best with ‘Thunda
Roll’, vibesy romp where Beenie swears he will never change his womanizing
ways. Beenie Man has an uncanny knack for coming up with catchy sing along
hooks where he swears: ‘thunda roll and bruk mi neck and buss mi head, mi would
a rather dead before a bwoy could a touch mi like how him touch him head”.
Capleton is one of those rare dancehall figures
whose voice gains force and resonance as he grow solder. Capleton wows the
listener on ‘Fire Light Dem’, bringing fire and energy to his verses and great
lyricism to the chorus as he deejays: dem always blame the music and neva
blame the media/Dem never blame the alcohol, dem always the
weed-ya/mi never hear dem put nuh blame pon the false leada.
Sizzla shines on ‘Thing That What You’re Looking
For’ and he waxes lyrical as he serenades a girl, promising that he has the
goodies that she needs and has been looking for. Pinchers goes hardcore on
‘Needle One’ as he describes a passionate night of love-making while Merciless
brings his deep gravelly voice to the boudoir with Bed a Rattle. Di bed a
rattle/gal inna mi tabernacle/her body ah get hackle/ and her foot dem
shackle/gal if get slide tackle. It’s all a bit kinky, but Merciless shows that
he can kick rhymes with the best of them.
Spice shows why she is the heir apparent to Lady Saw
with the hard-hitting ‘Gyal a Chat’ where she lists out her numerous while
taunting her matey who “no more than mi/she nuh look good like mi/gal yu
nuh shape like mi’. Lisa Hyper boasts that “mi bad inna dance and bad inna bed”
on Giddy Up, and shows she knows a bit of astrology with rhymes that reference
the planets of Mercury and Pluto.
Lady Saw goes raw on ‘Truth Be Told’ where she lists
out the merits of her, ahem, assets bragging that she knows how to swing on the
pole, and how she has the best body-part-that-rhymes-with-pole. If you didn’t
know it before, Marion Hall has been put on mute, Lady Saw is back and she
means business.
Other standout songs include Mad Cobra’s
‘Hairdresser Nuh Like Her’, and the fiery Face lays down a challenge with
‘Talk’. Newcomer Jevari shows just how talented he is and that he is a voice
for the future with pop-influenced ‘Just as I Am’ while Derrick Parker brings
humour with ‘Mix Up Time’. Newcomer Shana S also does well with 'Tell a Gal Fi
Back Up' where she shows her bad-gyal credentials.
The riddim project is available on iTunes,
Amazon.com, Emusic and other downloadable sites.
1.
Miss Ting Feat. Flexxx - Gimmie Wah Mi Want
2.
Beenie Man -Thunda Roll
3.
Capleton Fire Fight Dem
4.
Sizzla - Thing That You`re Looking For
5.
Pinchers - Needle One
6.
Merciless - Bed A Rattle
7.
Spice - Gyal A Chat
8.
Lady Saw – Truth Be Told
9.
Mad Cobra -Hairdresser Nuh like Her
10.
Jevari - Just As I Am
11.
Face - Talk
12.
Derrick Parker -Mix Up Time
13.
Vybz Kartel - Naw Beg No Gyal
14.
Lisa Hyper - Giddy Up
15.
Shana S - Tell a Gal fi Back Up
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